PATTERNS OF EVOLUTION http://www.baystatereplicas.com/images/repro_dino_pecksrex3.jpg

Adaptive radiation (Divergent evolution) Convergent evolution Large scale evolutionary patterns and processes that occur over long periods of time = ________________________ _______________________ ________________________ Macroevolution Mass extinction Adaptive radiation (Divergent evolution) Convergent evolution Coevolution Punctuated equilibrium

Mass Extinctions At several times in Earth’s history large numbers of species became extinct at the same time Caused by several factors: erupting volcanoes Plate tectonics (continents were moving) Sea levels were changing Asteroids hitting the Earth Global climate change

At the end of the _________________ Example: At the end of the _________________ More than HALF of all plants and animals were wiped out… including the dinosaurs MESOZOIC Era- http://www.changbi.com/file_img/webzine/dinosaur02_02.jpg

Effects of mass extinctions: _____________ and provides opportunities for ______________species After mass extinctions there is often a ___________________ that produces many __________________ EX: Cenozoic era that followed = “_______________” Mammals species increased dramatically Opens habitats remaining burst of evolution new species Age of Mammals Image from: BIOLOGY by Miller and Levine; Prentice Hall Publishing©2006

____________________________________ natural selection When a single species or small group of species has evolved through ___________________ into diverse forms that live in different ways = ____________________________________ natural selection adaptive radiation OR divergent evolution Ex: Galápagos finches More than a dozen species evolved from one species http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/6/image_pop/l_016_02.html

Sometimes different organisms evolution in different places or at different times but in _________________________ environments…and end up looking very similar. Process by which unrelated organisms come to resemble each other = _______________________ ecologically similar convergent evolution

Example: Sharks, penguins, dolphins have all developed ________________ and appendages to move through water. Think about biomes and common features of organisms to survive in the biome. streamlined bodies

http://www.painetworks.com/photos/ii/ii1971.JPG The process by which two species evolve in response to changes in each other over time = __________________ These species have a relationship Predator and prey Pollinator and flower coevolution

How fast does evolution operate? Darwin believed evolution happened slowly over a long time If biological change is at a slow pace, it is called _____________. gradualism http://animals.timduru.org/dirlist/dino/FlyingDinosaurus-Pterodon-fossil.jpg

Fossil record shows evolution happens more in _____. Pattern of a long stable period interrupted by a brief period of more rapid change =____________ bursts Punctuated Equilibrium

ISOLATED MIGRATES Rapid evolution after long periods of equilibrium can occur for several reasons: 1) Happens when a small population is ____________ from the main population OR 2) A small group ________________to a new environment (like Galápagos finches) ISOLATED MIGRATES http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/01/6/image_pop/l_016_02.html http://tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/blank_map.250a.gif